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Materials in SketchUp add color, texture, and opacity to 3D objects. In this video, George shows the basics of applying color and texture to a 3D scene using the Materials window. George demonstrates how to pick and apply materials from the interface as well as how to navigate the materials libraries provided with SketchUp.

- [Narrator] When you design something, color and texture…of your object is very important.…And in SketchUp we can work with color and texture…by using what are called materials.…Now the tools to do this are very different between…Windows and OSX, or the Macintosh, so I'm going to…go through the Windows tool kit first, and then…in the next chapter, we'll go over all…the Mac and OSX tools.…So Windows users, go ahead and stick with me here.…Macintosh users, if you want, you can feel free…to skip over this chapter and start working on…the next chapter.…

OK, so in SketchUp, materials and color are managed through…the Materials Editor.…Now I have my Materials Editor here in my default tray.…Now in this particular model I have no materials applied.…If I hit this button here, which is the Home button,…you'll see that actually nothing shows up.…Now the Materials window is very similar to…the Component window, we have two tabs here.…One is for Select, one is for Edit.…

So if I go over to Select, you can see here I've got this…

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11/18/2016

SketchUp is a free and easy-to-use 3D drawing, design, and rendering program. SketchUp 2017 offers faster performance, intelligent tools such as smart offsets and inferencing, and more customization options than ever before. Learn the essentials of the latest version of SketchUp in this course. George Maestri covers navigating around the interface, manipulating objects, drawing in 2D and 3D space, working with materials, and applying textures. Plus, learn how to work with reusable components (including third-party objects from the 3D Warehouse) and apply simple styles and animation to make your 3D projects more polished and presentable.

Note: The core features of SketchUp Make, the free version of SketchUp covered in this course, and SketchUp Pro, the paid version of the program, are identical. Users of both versions should be able to follow along with the training.